Digital Accessibility Specialist - Development Lead Engineer

Fidelity Investments
Merrimack, NH, US
Full-time

Job Description

The Role

The person filling this role will work throughout the FI Platform to help individuals and teams realize the goal of digital accessibility.

Working practically, with an emphasis on both remediation and the future accessible state of Fidelity digital experiences is critical.

This role requires someone with digital accessibility engineering expertise (Web) as well as adaptability and superb communication abilities.

The best candidate for this job will have extensive experience with accessible code, remediating defects, and ensuring the successful delivery of accessible digital experiences.

The Team

In the FI Digital Platform we are building a small but might Accessibility Team! We will have accessibility experts dedicated to UI / UX design and QE roles.

You’ll also be working with other accessibility experts in different platforms to drive cohesion & standards. You’ll engage with digital squads working on a wide range of initiatives.

Some of the roles within squads are Developers, UX designers, Scrum masters, and sometimes Governance. You’ll support teams throughout FI via training, defect reviews, and daily mentorship on approach and standard methodologies.

Responsibilities / Accountabilities

  • Create reusable & accessible digital components
  • Develop an accessibility learning path for internal developers and engineers
  • Support accessible design and testing of digital experiences
  • Test new digital components and design systems
  • Develop, coordinate and implement services, programs and activities in coordination with various partners to support Fidelity accessibility initiatives.
  • Present trainings to a wide variety of teams
  • Participate in accessibility office hours

Preferred Qualifications :

  • Detailed understanding of WCAG 2.1 AA
  • 6 + years as a Developer / Engineer whose main focus was digital accessibility
  • 7+ years of shown success developing, crafting or maintaining desktop, mobile and responsive web applications with web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery).
  • Fluent in WAI-ARIA
  • Demonstrated understanding of how accessibility design impacts access to digital content for People with Disabilities.
  • Proficient with automated testing tools, such as aXe

Top Candidate Qualifications / Skills / Certifications

IAAP WAS or CPWA Certifications preferred

At Fidelity, our goal is for most people to work flexibly in a way that balances both personal and business needs with time onsite and offsite through what we’re calling Dynamic Working .

Most associates will have a hybrid schedule with a requirement to work onsite at a Fidelity work location for at least one week, 5 consecutive days, every four weeks.

These requirements are subject to change. Reminder : Per the Dynamic Working Policy, approved exceptions will be reviewed annually, or when the associate accepts a new role, whichever comes first

Certifications :

30+ days ago
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